Results 21-40 of 118 for speaker:Robert O'Donoghue

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Cancer Services (1 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 816. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that terminal cancer patients are being deprioritised for life-saving and urgent treatment in accident and emergency in favour of flu patients, given the critical nature of their condition and the urgency of their care needs; if she will commit to a review of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15765/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Cancer Services (1 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 817. To ask the Minister for Health the current policy is in cancer care centres of excellence regarding the prioritisation of terminal cancer patients requiring life-saving and urgent treatment over patients presenting with non-life-threatening illnesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15766/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Courses Accreditation (1 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 842. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the evaluation of course content of e-college courses, whether there is any independent evaluation of the quality of the content; whether Solas senior management have self-tested each or any course; if Solas senior management engages with users of the e-college directly to evaluate their feedback; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Courses Accreditation (1 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 843. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the content of e-college fits with the Government's educational ambitions in the Programme for Government; whether extra content will be added to the offering which aligns with Government objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15484/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Courses Accreditation (1 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 844. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for adding content to e-college that might encourage people to pursue careers in the areas of public sector recruitment shortfalls such as the Gardaí, Defence Forces or healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15485/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (1 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 845. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for each year since 1 January 2020, the cost of operation of e-college; the number of Solas staff who work on e-college projects; the process for evaluating value; the completion rate and number of participants in each course; the cost per head of each course per completing student; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15486/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (1 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 846. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will undertake one of the shorter e-college courses so that he might better understand the user experience of the platform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15487/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 847. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether subsidiary companies of universities and colleges also fall under his aegis; whether such entities are considered public sector bodies; whether public sector procurement and pay rules apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15488/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 848. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether any public bodies or publicly funded bodies under his aegis are not compliant with Part V of the Disability Act 2005; whether Part V applies to subsidiaries of universities and colleges; whether, in cases where it does not, he has the powers to extend such a requirement, either through Ministerial order or through funding requirements;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (27 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 390. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list the recommended services that should be available in a primary health care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14776/25]

Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: Independent Ireland will support this Bill and the idea of simplifying the law to make it more accessible to the general public. The aim is to reduce compliance costs for businesses and bodies which interact with our legislation regularly. It is the stated policy of our party to achieve this across the public sector and beyond. I wish to record our admiration for the sterling work of...

Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: Deleting obscure, outdated and often bizarre laws is something we are pretty good at in this country. We are world beaters, in fact. Between 2003 and 2016, we got around 60,000 of them off the books and this legislation will remove over 3,000 more laws and proclamations that remain on the Statute Book as a legacy of empire and a reminder of some of the country's darkest days. The orders...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (26 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 175. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the Government's plan to introduce a maximum fee of €200 for early childhood and education places; how her Department intends to manage this fee reduction; and what measures will be in place to support providers to implement this while maintaining quality and ensuring affordability...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: All this just for Deputy Michael Lowry.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that women have always been integral to the family farm but that their crucial role has often not been fully recognised or acknowledged, if he will implement the recommendations of the report “Highlighting Pathways to Empower Rural Women to Have Sustainable and Equitable Livelihoods in Farming"; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the ongoing funding deficiencies in State marine infrastructure, particularly in counties like Donegal, which has 155 piers and harbours to maintain (details supplied); to outline plans to increase investment in marine infrastructure to support both local economies and tourism development; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Prices (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the significant disparity between the forward malting barley price offered by a company (details supplied) of €240/t and the €300/t sought by growers, and considering the fears raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding transparency in the pricing mechanism, if he will direct the Office of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to address concerns around declining numbers of young people entering farming, particularly in light of financial uncertainty and environmental pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13823/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the ongoing delay in updating the TAMS reference costs, which has been flagged by an organisation (details supplied) as creating uncertainty and delaying investment in essential farm infrastructure, to provide a definitive timeline for the completion of this review; the measures his Department will take to ensure that grant...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment given that our country has banned fracking due to its well-documented impacts on public health and the environment, how he justifies the importation of fracked gas from the United States, where communities have suffered severe health and environmental consequences from this practice; if he will ensure that our energy...